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🍽️ Ground Meat Stuffed Zucchini in Tomato Sauce

196 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 slice stale country bread
• 1 beef tomato
• 50 g ground beef
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp grated parmesan
• 4 zucchini (medium-sized, yellow)
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 1 red chili pepper
• 1 onion
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp flour
• 250 ml tomato juice
• 0.5 bunch basil

Instructions

1. 1. Soak the bread in lukewarm water.
2. 2. Squeeze the soaked bread well.
3. 3. Tear the bread into small pieces with a fork.
4. 4. Blanch the tomato briefly in boiling water.
5. 5. Remove the skin from the tomato.
6. 6. Dice the tomato into small cubes.
7. 7. Add the tomato cubes, bread, ground beef, egg, and cheese to a bowl.
8. 8. Wash the zucchini thoroughly.
9. 9. Dry the zucchini.
10. 10. Cut the zucchini in half lengthwise.
11. 11. Scoop out some flesh from the zucchini halves with a teaspoon.
12. 12. Season the hollowed zucchini halves with salt and pepper.
13. 13. Finely chop the scooped-out zucchini flesh.
14. 14. Wash the chili pepper thoroughly.
15. 15. Cut the chili pepper lengthwise.
16. 16. Remove the seeds from the chili pepper.
17. 17. Remove the white inner skin of the chili pepper.
18. 18. Dice the chili pepper into small cubes.
19. 19. Peel the garlic.
20. 20. Finely chop the garlic.
21. 21. Heat oil in a shallow pot or pan.
22. 22. Sauté the chopped zucchini flesh, onion, garlic, and chili over low heat.
23. 23. Remove half of the sautéed mixture from the pot.
24. 24. Add half of the mixture to the filling in the bowl.
25. 25. Mix the filling well.
26. 26. Sprinkle the remaining onion mixture in the pot with flour.
27. 27. Toast the mixture briefly over medium heat.
28. 28. Deglaze the mixture gradually with tomato juice.
29. 29. Stir constantly until the sauce thickens.
30. 30. Remove the pot from the heat.
31. 31. Place the zucchini halves side by side in the sauce.
32. 32. Distribute the filling evenly into the zucchini halves.
33. 33. Cover the pot.
34. 34. Bring the zucchini to a boil.
35. 35. Cook the zucchini for about 20 minutes over low to medium heat.
36. 36. Wash the basil thoroughly.
37. 37. Pat the basil dry.
38. 38. Roughly chop the basil leaves.
39. 39. Warm the plates.
40. 40. Arrange the zucchini on the warmed plates.
41. 41. Sprinkle the zucchini with the basil.
42. 42. Serve the zucchini immediately.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 196
• Protein: 13 g · Fett/Fat: 7 g · Carbs: 18 g